What is the cause of a rapid heartbeat and panic attacks while lying down?

Lying down with a fast heartbeat and panic, the main consideration is heart disease (arrhythmia, cardiac insufficiency), cardiac neurosis.
1. Heart disease: such as arrhythmia, cardiac insufficiency, especially in the early stage of heart failure, lying down when the heart will panic, sit up the symptoms will be alleviated, the main reason is to lie down will increase the amount of back to the heart, increase the burden on the heart, caused by varying degrees of pulmonary stasis, at this time the heart will be compensated for by increasing the heartbeat to maintain pumping function.
2. Cardiac neurosis: this kind of patients also often appear in bed panic and other symptoms, sit up or exercise after the symptoms significantly improved, electrocardiogram, 24-hour dynamic electrocardiogram, dynamic blood pressure, cardiac ultrasound and other tests often have no special abnormal performance.
It is recommended that patients should not judge or diagnose on their own based on one result, but should consult a doctor in time, who will analyze the situation and make a clear diagnosis according to the specific circumstances.